1941 Milstead Movie Awards
BEST PICTURE
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
RKO; William Dieterle
CITIZEN KANE
RKO / Mercury; Orson Welles
HELLZAPOPPIN'
Universal; Jules Levey
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
Columbia; Everett Riskin
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
20th Century Fox; Darryl F. Zanuck
THE LITTLE FOXES
RKO; Samuel Goldwyn
THE MALTESE FALCON
Warner Bros; Henry Blanke
SERGEANT YORK
Warner Bros; Jesse L. Lasky & Hal B.
Wallis
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Paramount; Preston Sturges
SUSPICION
RKO; Alfred Hitchcock
Also Considered:
BALL OF FIRE (Samuel Goldwyn); BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST
(Irving Ascher); 49TH PARALLEL (Michael Powell); HIGH SIERRA (Hal B. Wallis); HOLD BACK THE DAWN (Arthur Hornblow, Jr.); KIPPS (Edward Black); THE LADY EVE (Paul Jones); MAJOR BARBARA
(Gabriel Pascal); MEET JOHN DOE (Frank Capra); ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN (Hal B. Wallis)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Edward Arnold as "Daniel Webster" - ALL THAT MONEY CAN
BUY
Humphrey Bogart as "Sam Spade" - THE MALTESE
FALCON
Gary Cooper as "Sgt. Alvin York" - SERGEANT
YORK
Cary Grant as "Johnny Aysgarth” - SUSPICION
Rex Harrison as "Adolphus Cusins" - MAJOR
BARBARA
Joel McCrea as "John L. Sullivan" - SULLIVAN'S
TRAVELS
Robert Montgomery as "Joe Pendleton" - HERE COMES MR.
JORDAN
Laurence Olivier as "Lord Horatio Nelson" - THAT HAMILTON
WOMAN
Walter Pidgeon as "Capt. Alan Thorndike" - MAN
HUNT
Orson Welles as "Charles Foster Kane" - CITIZEN
KANE
Also Considered:
Wallace Beery (BARNACLE BILL); Humphrey Bogart (HIGH
SIERRA); Gary Cooper (BALL OF FIRE); Albert Dekker (AMONG THE LIVING); Henry Fonda (THE LADY EVE); Cary Grant (PENNY SERENADE); Will Hay (THE GHOST OF ST. MICHAEL'S); Fredric March (ONE FOOT
IN HEAVEN); Michael Redgrave (KIPPS); Edward G. Robinson (THE SEA WOLF)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Ingrid Bergman as "Emilie Gallatin" - ADAM HAD FOUR
SONS
Bette Davis as "Maggie Patterson" - THE GREAT
LIE
Bette Davis as "Regina Giddens" - THE LITTLE
FOXES
Olivia de Havilland as "Emmy Brown" - HOLD BACK THE
DAWN
Joan Fontaine as "Lina McLaidlaw" -
SUSPICION
Greer Garson as "Edna Gladney" - BLOSSOMS IN THE
DUST
Wendy Hiller as "Maj. Barbara Undershaft" - MAJOR
BARBARA
Vivian Leigh as "Emma Hamilton" - THAT HAMILTON
WOMAN
Eleanor Powell as "Marilyn Marsh" - LADY BE
GOOD
Barbara Stanwyck as "Sugarpuss O'Shea" - BALL OF
FIRE
Also Considered:
Mary Astor (THE MALTESE FALCON); Joan Crawford (A WOMAN'S
FACE); Irene Dunne (PENNY SERENADE); Deborah Kerr (LOVE ON THE DOLE); Ida Lupino (LADIES IN RETIREMENT); Maureen O'Hara (HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY); Martha Raye (HELLZAPOPPIN'); Martha Scott
(ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN); Barbara Stanwyck (THE LADY EVE); Margaret Sullavan (BACK STREET)
BEST DIRECTOR
William Dieterle - ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
John Ford - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Alexander Hall - HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
Howard Hawks - SERGEANT YORK
Alfred Hitchcock - SUSPICION
John Huston - THE MALTESE FALCON
Michael Powell - 49TH PARALLEL
Preston Sturges - SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Orson Welles - CITIZEN
KANE
William Wyler - THE LITTLE FOXES
Also Considered:
Frank Capra (MEET JOHN DOE); Michael Curtiz (THE SEA
WOLF); Edmund Goulding (THE GREAT LIE); Howard Hawks (BALL OF FIRE); Alexander Korda (THAT HAMILTON WOMAN); Mervyn LeRoy (BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST); Mitchell Leisen (HOLD BACK THE DAWN); H.C.
Potter (HELLZAPOPPIN'); Carol Reed (KIPPS); Raoul Walsh (HIGH SIERRA)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Brent as "Peter Van Allen" - THE GREAT
LIE
Charles Coburn as "John P. Merrick" - THE DEVIL & MISS
JONES
Joseph Cotten as "Jedediah Leland" - CITIZEN
KANE
James Gleason as "Max Corkle" - HERE COMES MR.
JORDAN
Sydney Greenstreet as "Kasper Gutman" - THE MALTESE
FALCON
Walter Huston as "Mr. Scratch" - ALL THAT MONEY CAN
BUY
Peter Lorre as "Joel Cairo" - THE MALTESE
FALCON
Roddy McDowell as “Huw Morgan” - HOW GREEN WAS MY
VALLEY
Robert Morley as "Andrew Undershaft" - MAJOR
BARBARA
Claude Rains as "Mr. Jordan" - HERE COMES MR.
JORDAN
Also Considered:
Walter Brennan (SERGEANT YORK); Charles Coburn (THE LADY
EVE); Ray Collins (CITIZEN KANE); Laird Cregar (I WAKE UP SCREAMING); Donald Crisp (HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY); Charles Laughton (IT STARTED WITH EVE); Robert Newton (MAJOR BARBARA); Arthur
Riscoe (KIPPS); Erskine Sanford (CITIZEN KANE); Everett Sloane (CITIZEN KANE)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sara Allgood as "Mrs. Morgan" - HOW GREEN WAS MY
VALLEY
Mary Astor as "Sandra Kovac" - THE GREAT LIE
Patricia Collinge as "Birdie Hubbard" - THE LITTLE
FOXES
Dorothy Comingore as "Susan Alexander Kane" - CITIZEN
KANE
Gladys Cooper as "Lady Frances Nelson" - THAT HAMILTON
WOMAN
Veronica Lake as "The Girl" - SULLIVAN'S
TRAVELS
Elsa Lanchester as "Emily Creed" - LADIES IN
RETIREMENT
Adeline Dewalt Reynolds as "Grandma" - COME LIVE WITH
ME
Ruth Warwick as "Emily Monroe Norton Kane" - CITIZEN
KANE
Teresa Wright as "Alexandra Giddens" - THE LITTLE
FOXES
Also Considered:
Edith Barrett (LADIES IN RETIREMENT); Joan Bennett (MAN
HUNT); Isobel Elsom (LADIES IN RETIREMENT); Rita Hayworth (THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE); Joan Leslie (SERGEANT YORK); Marie Lohr (MAJOR BARBARA); Agnes Moorehead (CITIZEN KANE); Alla Navimova
(BLOOD & SAND); Maria Ouspenskaya (THE WOLF MAN); Margaret Wycherley (SERGEANT YORK)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
BALL OF FIRE
CITIZEN KANE
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
THE LITTLE FOXES
MAJOR BARBARA
THE MALTESE FALCON
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
Also Considered:
49TH PARALLEL; THE GREAT LIE; HELLZAPOPPIN'; KIPPS; THE LADY EVE; LADIES IN RETIREMENT; MAN HUNT; ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN; SERGEANT YORK; SUSPICION
BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
Dan Totheroh & Stephen Vincent Benet
HERE COMES MR.
JORDAN
Seton I. Miller & Sidney
Buchman
HIGH SIERRA
John Huston & W.R. Burnett
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Philip Dunne
KIPPS
Sidney Gilliat
THE LITTLE FOXES
Lillian Hellman
MAN HUNT
Dudley Nichols
MAJOR BARBARA
Anatole de Grunwald & Gabriel Pascal
THE MALTESE FALCON
John Huston
TOBACCO ROAD
Nunnally Johnson
Also Considered:
ADAM HAD FOUR SONS (Michael Blankfort & William
Hurlbut); BLUES IN THE NIGHT (Robert Rossen); FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (Lester Cole & John Wexley); THE GREAT LIE (Lenore Coffee); I WAKE UP SCREAMING (Dwight Taylor); LOVE ON THE DOLE
(Walter Greenwood); ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN (Casey Robinson); THE SEA WOLF (Robert Rossen); THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (Josef Von Sternberg); SUSPICION (Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison & Alma
Reville)
BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
BALL OF FIRE
Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder
THE BROTHERS & SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY
Yasujiro Ozu & Tadao Ikeda
CITIZEN
KANE
Orson Welles & Herman J.
Mankiewicz
THE DEVIL & MISS JONES
Norman Krasna
49TH PARALLEL
Emeric Pressburger & Rodney Ackland
HELLZAPOPPIN'
Nat Perrin & Warren Wilson
HOLD BACK THE DAWN
Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder
MEET JOHN DOE
Robert Riskin
SERGEANT YORK
Harry Chandler, Abem Finkel, John Huston & Howard
Koch
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Preston Sturges
Also Considered:
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST (Anita Loos); BUCK PRIVATES (Arthur
T. Horman); THE GHOST OF ST. MICHAEL'S (Angus MacPhail & John Dighton); LADY
BE GOOD (Jack McGowan, Kay Van Riper & John McClain); THE LADY EVE (Preston Sturges); MR. & MRS. SMITH (Norman Krasna); SUN VALLEY SERENADE (Robert Ellis & Helen Logan); TALL,
DARK & HANDSOME (Karl Tunberg & Darrell Ware); THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (Walter Reisch & R.C. Sherriff), TOM, DICK & SALLY (Paul Jarrico)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B
Walter Lantz
DUMBO
Walt Disney
HOPPITY GOES TO
TOWN
Max
Fleischer
SUPERMAN #1
Dave Fleischer
TRUANT OFFICER DONALD
Walt Disney
Also Considered:
HIAWATHA'S RABBIT HUNT (Leon Schlesinger); LEND A PAW
(Walt Disney); THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Fred Quimby); THE RELUCTANT DRAGON (Walt Disney); RHYTHM IN THE RANKS (George Pal)
BEST ART DIRECTION - SET DECORATION
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
Van Nest Polglase; Darrell Silvera
BLOOD & SAND
Richard Day & Joseph C. Wright; Thomas
Little
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST
Cedric Gibbons & Urie McCleary; Edwin B.
Willis
CITIZEN KANE
Perry Ferguson & Van Nest Polglase; Al Fields & Darrell Silvera
HOW GREEN WAS MY
VALLEY
Richard Day & Nathan
Juran; Thomas Little
THE LITTLE FOXES
Stephen Goosson; Howard Bristol
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Raoul Pene de Bois; Stephen A. Seymour
SERGEANT YORK
John Hughes; Fred MacLean
THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Boris Leven
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
Vincent Korda & Lyle Wheeler
Also Considered:
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Cedric Gibbons; Edwin B.
Willis); FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (Martin Obzina & Jack Otterson; Russell A. Gausman); HELLZAPOPPIN' (Jack Otterson; Russell Gausman); HOLD BACK THE DAWN (Hans Dreier & Robert Usher; Sam
Comer); LADIES IN RETIREMENT (Lionel Banks; George Montgomery); THE SEA WOLF (Anton Grot); THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO (John DuCasse Schulze; Edward G. Boyle); SUNDOWN (Alexander Golitzen;
Richard Irvine); WHEN LADIES MEET (Cedric Gibbons & Randall Duell; Edwin B. Willis); THE WOLF MAN (Jack Otterson; Russell Gausman)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
Joseph H. August
BLOOD & SAND
Ernest Palmer & Ray Rennahan
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST
Karl Freund & W. Howard Greene
CITIZEN
KANE
Gregg
Toland
THE GREAT LIE
Tony Gaudio
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Arthur Miller
THE MALTESE FALCON
Arthur Edeson
SERGEANT YORK
Sol Polito
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
John Seitz
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
Rudolph Maté
Also Considered:
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss
& William Snyder); BILLY THE KID (William V. Skall & Leonard Smith); DIVE BOMBER (Bert Glennon); DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Joseph Ruttenberg); HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (Joseph Walker);
HOLD BACK THE DAWN (Leo Tover); LOUISIANA PURCHASE (Harry Hallenberger & Ray Rennahan); MAN HUNT (Arthur Miller); SUN VALLEY SERENADE (Edward Cronjager); SUNDOWN (Charles
Lang)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BLOSSOMS IN THR DUST
Adrian
CITIZEN KANE
Edward Stevenson
HOLD BACK THE DAWN
Edith Head
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Gwen Wakeling
THE LADY EVE
Edith Head
THE LITTLE FOXES
Orry-Kelly
LYDIA
Walter Plunkett & Marcel Vertes
THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Oleg Cassini & Royer
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE
Orry-Kelly
THAT HAMILTON
WOMAN
Rene
Hubert
Also Considered:
BILLY THE KID (Gile Steele & Dolly Tree); BLOOD &
SAND (Travis Banton); DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Adrian); HELLZAPOPPIN' (Vera West); HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (Edith Head); HIGH SIERRA (Milo Anderson); LOUISIANA PURCHASE (Raoul Pene de
Bois); THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO (Edward P. Lambert); WHEN
LADIES MEET (Adrian); THE WOLF MAN (Vera West)
BEST FILM EDITING
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
Robert Wise
CITIZEN
KANE
Robert
Wise
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
Harold F. Kress
49TH PARALLEL
David Lean
HIGH SIERRA
Jack Killifer
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
James B. Clark
THE LITTLE FOXES
Daniel Mandell
THE MALTESE FALCON
Thomas Richards
THE SEA WOLF
George Amy
SERGEANT YORK
William Holmes
Also Considered:
FLIGHT COMMAND (Robert J. Kern); THE GREAT LIE (Ralph
Dawson); HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (Viola Lawrence); I WANTED WINGS (Hugh Bennett); MAJOR BARBARA (Charles Frend & David Lean); SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Stuart Gilmore); SUSPICION (William
Hamilton); TARGET FOR TONIGHT (Stewart McAllister); TOBACCO ROAD (Barbara McLean); THE WOLF MAN (Ted J. Kent)
BEST MAKEUP
CITIZEN KANE
Mel Berns
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
Jack Dawn
THE WOLF
MAN
Jack
Pierce
Also Considered:
THE BLACK CAT (Jack Pierce); HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (Guy Pearce); THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (Robert Stephanoff)
BEST ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE
ALL THAT MONEY CAN
BUY
Bernard
Herrmann
CITIZEN KANE
Bernard Herrmann
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
Franz Waxman
THE GREAT LIE
Max Steiner
KING OF THE ZOMBIES
Edward Kay
THE MALTESE FALCON
Adolph Deutsch
THE SEA WOLF
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
SERGEANT YORK
Max Steiner
SUSPICION
Franz Waxman
TOBACCO ROAD
David Buttolph
Also Considered:
BACK STREET (Frank Skinner); CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP
(Edward Ward); THE CORSICAN BROTHERS (Dimitri Tiomkin); HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (Alfred Newman); THE LITTLE FOXES (Meredith Wilson); MERCY ISLAND (Cy Feuer & Walter Scharf); THE SHANHGHAI
GESTURE (Richard Hageman); SO ENDS OUR NIGHT (Louis Gruenberg); SUNDOWN (Miklos Rozsa); THAT WOMAN IS MINE (Richard Hageman)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE
BALL OF FIRE
Alfred Newman
DUMBO
Frank Churchill & Oliver
Wallace
HELLZAPOPPIN'
Frank Skinner
ICE CAPADES
Cy Feuer
IT STARTED WITH EVE
Hans J. Salter
LADY BE GOOD
George Bassman & George Stoll
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE
Heinz Roemheld
SUN VALLEY SERENADE
Emil Newman
THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING
Werner Heymann
YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH
Morris Stoloff
Also Considered:
ALL AMERICAN CO-ED (Edward Ward); BIRTH OF THE BLUES
(Robert Emmett Dolan); BUCK PRIVATES (Charles Previn); THE
CHOCOLATE SOLDIER (Herbert Stothart & Bronislau Kaper); FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (Frederick Hollander); LAS VEGAS NIGHTS (Walter Scharf & Phil Boutelje); MR. & MRS. SMITH (Edward
Ward); NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (Frank Skinner); ROAD TO ZANZIBAR (Victor Young); SUNNY (Anthony Collins)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Baby Mine" - DUMBO
Frank Churchill & Ned Washington
"Blues In The Night" - BLUES IN THE
NIGHT
Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Of Company B" - BUCK PRIVATES
Hugh Prince & Don
Raye
"Chattanooga-Choo-Choo" - SUN VALLEY
SERENADE
Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
"Dolores" - LAS VEGAS NIGHTS
Frank Loesser
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" - LADY BE
GOOD
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
"Pig Foot Pete" - HELLZAPOPPIN'
Gene de Paul & Don Raye
"Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" - YOU'LL NEVER GET
RICH
Cole Porter
"This Time The Dream's On Me" - BLUES IN THE
NIGHT
Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
"When I See An Elephant Fly" - DUMBO
Oliver Wallace & Ned Washington
Also Considered:
"Be Honest With Me" - RIDIN' ON A RAINBOW (Gene Autrey
& Fred Rose); "Blueberry Hill" - THE SINGING HILL (Al Lewis, Larry Stock & Vincent Rose); "Look Out For Mr. Stork" - DUMBO (Frank Churchill & Ned Washington); "Out Of The Silence"
- ALL AMERICAN CO-ED (Lloyd B. Norlind); "Road To Zanzibar" - ROAD TO ZANZIBAR (Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke); "Song Of The Roustabouts" - DUMBO (Frank Churchill & Ned Washington);
"The White Blossoms Of Tah-Ni" - ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Frank Loesser); "You'll Never Know" - LADY BE GOOD (Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed)
BEST SOUND
THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
Douglas Shearer
CITIZEN
KANE
John
Aalberg
FLIGHT COMMAND
Douglas Shearer
49TH PARALLEL
A.W. Watkins
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
E.H. Hansen
THE SEA WOLF
Nathan Levinson
SERGEANT YORK
Nathan Levinson
SKYLARK
Loren Ryder
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
Jack Whitney
TOPPER RETURNS
Elmer Raguse
Also Considered:
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Gene Merritt & Walter
Oberst); APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE (Bernard B. Brown); BALL OF FIRE (Thomas Moulton); THE DEVIL PAYS OFF (Charles Lootens); HELLZAPOPPIN' (Bernard B. Brown); HIGH SIERRA (Dolph Thomas); I WANTED
WINGS (Ed White); THE MEN IN HER LIFE (John Livardary); THE WOLF MAN (Bernard B. Brown); A YANK IN THE R.A.F. (E.H. Hansen)
BEST SPECIAL SOUND EFFECTS
FLIGHT COMMAND
Douglas Shearer
I WANTED WINGS
Louis Mesenkop
THE SEA
WOLF
Nathan
Levinson
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN
William H. Wilmarth
A YANK IN THE R.A.F.
E.H. Hansen
Also Considered:
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Louis Mesenkop); DUMBO (James
MacDonald); THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (John Hall); TOPPER RETURNS (Elmer Raguse); THE WOLF MAN (Bernard B. Brown)
BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
Vernon L. Walker
CITIZEN
KANE
Vernon L.
Walker
I WANTED WINGS
Farciot Edouart & Gordon Jennings
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
John Fulton
THE SEA WOLF
Byron Haskin
TOPPER RETURNS
Roy Seawright
Also Considered:
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Farciot Edouart & Gordon
Jennings); DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Warren Newcombe); FLIGHT COMMAND (A. Arnold Gillespie); THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (Lawrence Butler); THE WOLF MAN (John P. Fulton); A YANK IN THE R.A.F. (Fred
Sersen)
Most Wins:
9 - Citizen Kane
1 - All That Money Can Buy; Buck Privates; Dumbo; Here Comes Mr. Jordan; Hoppity Goes to Town; How Green Was My Valley; The Little Foxes; The Maltese Falcon; The Sea Wolf; Sergeant York; That Hamilton Woman; The Wolf Man
Most Nominations:
16 - Citizen Kane
11 - All That Money Can Buy; How Green Was My Valley
10 - The Little Foxes; The Maltese Falcon
9 - Sergeant York; That Hamilton Woman
7 - Here Comes Mr. Jordan; Sullivan's Travels
5 - The Great Lie; The Sea Wolf; Suspicion
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